How faeces could be a silver bullet in tracking Covid-19

Testing human sewage could be key in tracking pandemic’s spread. FMTNews Covid19

An undated electron microscope image of Covid-19. Researchers say wastewater can be key to tracking pandemic.

Testing human sewage could now become a key way of tracking the pandemic’s spread – and a precious early warning system for a feared second wave. The centre reported late last month that it detected genetic material from the virus in wastewater in Amsterdam.But the pair also insist that wastewater could be a precious “data source, indicating if the virus is circulating in the human population”.

Marechal is now call for a national wastewater warning system in France which might help “anticipate a second wave” of the virus. Having found the virus in wastewater in Queensland, he said it could also be a key indicator to show if lockdown and other measures were working.

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